All the president's emails: General James Jones, David Gompert, Sonia Sotomayor, Robert Gibbs

In a unique experiment in democratic transparency, Barack Obama – a BlackBerry owner, and the first American president to use email while in office – has agreed to copy G2 in on his otherwise highly confidential electronic communications. Each week, we present a selection from recent days:

To: General James Jones, National Security Advisor <j.jones@nsc.eop.gov>, David Gompert, Acting Director of National Intelligence <director@dni.gov> Subject: Re: Re: How to stop further military intelligence leaks, immediately

I've gotta say, Jim, your "reassurance" that you'll be changing the password on the main CENTCOM intelligence database from "password" to "password54321" didn't have the reassuring effect you were intending. Partly because I wasn't too thrilled to hear you'd got the thing about adding numerals from a USA Today feature headlined "Are YOU at risk from identity theft?", but mainly because . . . well, look. I'm a calm man, not easily moved to anger, but as I write this, we have the White House maintenance guys repairing the two holes I punched in the wall of the Oval Office when I got your note. And those are structural walls, not partitions. You're going to need to come and see me right away. Now. And, yes, Rahm will be present. Barack

To: Sonia Sotomayor <ssotomayor@earthlink.net> Subject: Fw: Hilarious YouTube video of two squirrels having sex in a baseball stadium while this drunk guy in a mullet does an AWESOME parody of that song by Katy Perry (via Joe Biden)

No. No. Listen, when I went on The View this week and jokingly complained that nobody ever sends me the "juicy stuff" by email because they worry it'll be covered by the Presidential Records Act, I was *joking*. Don't send me anything like this ever again. Barack PS. Or if it's REALLY funny – you have my Gmail address, right?

To: Robert Gibbs <press.secretary@whitehouse.gov> Subject: Line to take on WikiLeaks story

Our position will be that these leaks pose grave danger to the security interests of the US, and that they contain nothing new or interesting whatsoever. Remember to say "and", not "but", so people don't notice the contradiction. Also, at this point, you should point to the back wall of the briefing room and say "what the hell is THAT?", then, while the press have their heads turned, leave rapidly by one of the side doors. OK? BHO